Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A method comprising: receiving, from a client device, a request to generate a placeholder for a particular item selected by a user; in response to receiving the request, generating placeholder generation information for the placeholder for the particular item, the placeholder generation information including information that is specific to the particular item; providing the placeholder generation information to the client device; receiving visual data from a camera of the client device, the visual data including placeholder information associated with the placeholder; determining placement information using a first portion of the placeholder, the first portion of the placeholder comprising two or more shaded objects of dissimilar color, the determining of the placement information comprising: determining an orientation of the placeholder using the two or more shaded objects of the first portion of the placeholder; and determining a distance of the placeholder from the camera using the two or more shaded objects of the first portion of the placeholder; identifying the particular item corresponding to the placeholder based on a second portion of the placeholder; retrieving, from a networked-database, an image of the item from among a plurality of images of the item based on the determined placement information, the retrieved image of the item being a best fit image according to physical dimensions of the item and the determined placement information; and modifying, using a processor of a machine, the received visual data to include image data associated with the retrieved image with reference to the placeholder.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving an input including an item selection.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a scale factor based on the placement information.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the retrieving of the image of the item associated with the placeholder further comprises selecting the image with reference to the determined scale factor.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the retrieving of the image of an item comprises: determining dimensions of the item; and modifying the retrieved image of the item in reference to the determined dimensions and the determined scale factor of the item.
6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determining of the scale factor further comprises detecting at least one of a change in contrast and edge portions of the placeholder.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the retrieving of the image of the item comprises: accessing a database of images; and selecting the image of the item from a plurality of images based on the placement information.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying of the received visual data further comprises replacing the placeholder information with item image information.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of placement information further comprises: determining a scale factor based on the distance of the placeholder from the camera; and determining an orientation factor based on an angle of the placeholder in relation to the camera.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the modifying of the received visual data to include image data associated with the retrieved image with reference to the placeholder further comprises: modifying the retrieved image with reference to the scale factor and the orientation factor; and modifying the received visual data with data associated with the modified retrieved image.
11. A system comprising: a processor-implemented input receiver module to receive, from a client device, a request to generate a placeholder for a particular item selected by a user; a processor-implemented information provider module to generate, responsive to receiving the request, placeholder generation information for the placeholder for the particular item, the placeholder generation information including information that is specific to the particular item, the processor-implemented information provider module further to provide the placeholder generation information to the client device; a processor implemented visual data receiver module to receive visual data from a camera of the client device, the visual data including placeholder information associated with the placeholder; a processor-implemented placement determination module to determine placement information using a first portion of the placeholder, the first portion of the placeholder comprising two or more shaded objects of dissimilar color, the placement determination module to determine the placement information by performing operations comprising: determining an orientation of the placeholder using the two or more shaded objects of the first portion of the placeholder; and determining a distance of the placeholder from the camera using the two or more shaded objects of the first portion of the placeholder; a processor-implemented retrieval module to identify the particular item corresponding to the placeholder based on a second portion of the placeholder, the retrieval module further to retrieve an image of the item from among a plurality of images of the item based on the determined placement information, the retrieved image of the item being a best fit image according to physical dimensions of the item and the determined placement information; and a processor-implemented modification module to modify the received visual data to include image data associated with the retrieved image with reference to the placeholder.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor-implemented input receiver module is further to receive an input including an item selection.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor-implemented placement determination module is further to determine a scale factor.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor-implemented retrieval module is further to detect a unique marker in the second portion of the placeholder.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor-implemented retrieval module is further to: determine dimensions of the item; and modify the retrieved image of the item utilizing the determined dimensions and the determined scale factor of the item.
16. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a processor-implemented detection module to detect at least one of a change in contrast of the placeholder and edges of the placeholder.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor-implemented modification module is further to retrieve information associated with the item for display with the retrieved image of the item.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor-implemented retrieval module is to access a database of images, and select the image of the item from a plurality of images of the item based on the determined placement information.
19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor-implemented placement determination module is further to determine a scale factor based on the distance of the placeholder from the camera, and to determine an orientation factor based on an angle of the placeholder in relation to the camera.
20. A non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a client device, a request to generate a placeholder for a particular item selected by a user; in response to receiving the request, generating placeholder generation information for the placeholder for the particular item, the placeholder generation information including information that is specific to the particular item; providing the placeholder generation information to the client device; receiving visual data from a camera of the client device, the visual data including placeholder information associated with the placeholder; determining placement information using a first portion of the placeholder, the first portion of the placeholder comprising two or more shaded objects of dissimilar color, the determining of the placement information comprising: determining an orientation of the placeholder using the two or more shaded objects of the first portion of the placeholder; and determining a distance of the placeholder from the camera using the two or more shaded objects of the first portion of the placeholder; identifying the particular item corresponding to the placeholder based on a second portion of the placeholder; retrieving, from a networked database, an image of the item from among a plurality of images of the item based on the determined placement information, the retrieved image of the item being a best fit image according to physical dimensions of the item and the determined placement information; and modifying the received visual data to include image data associated with the retrieved image with reference to the placeholder.
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February 19, 2019
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